In Indian English, there is a folk etymology connecting " I don't give a damn " with the dam, a 16th-century copper coin.

Plato, in his dialogue Cratylus, offers a speculative etymology of Athena's name connecting it to the phrase ἁ θεονόα or hē theoû nóēsis ( ἡ θεοῦ νόησις, ' the mind of god ').

Ovid discusses the etymology of February at the beginning of book II of the Fasti, connecting it to februae, i. e. piamina, expiations.

A process similar to folk etymology may result in a change to the meaning of a word based on an imagined etymology connecting it to an unrelated but similar-sounding word.

The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica characterizes the mooted etymology connecting Bevis ( Boeve ) with Béowa ( Beowulf ), on the ground that both were dragon slayers, as " fanciful " and " inadmissible ".

Paeοn is probably connected with the Mycenean Pa-ja-wo, but the etymology is the only evidence.

In this interpretation, Apollo's title of Lykegenes can simply be read as " born in Lycia ", which effectively severs the god's supposed link with wolves ( possibly a folk etymology ).

The traditional etymology is from the Latin aperire, " to open ," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to " open ," which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ἁνοιξις ( anoixis ) ( opening ) for spring.

Adams ( 1997 ) have also proposed an etymology based on the connection with the Indo-European dawn goddess, from " very " and " to shine ".

Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

If this etymology is combined with the tradition reported by Geoffrey of Monmouth stating that Ambrosius Aurelianus ordered the building of Stonehenge – which is located within the parish of Amesbury ( and where Ambrosius was supposedly buried ) – and with the presence of an Iron Age hill fort also in that parish, then it may be tempting to connect Ambrosius with Amesbury.

The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή ( arē ), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά ( ara ), " bane, ruin, curse, imprecation ".

Its connection with Ares, perhaps based on a false etymology, is purely etiological myth.

Art is an autonomous entity for philosophy, because art deals with the senses ( i. e. the etymology of aesthetics ) and art is as such free of any moral or political purpose.

The latter etymology was first suggested by John Mitchell Kemble who alluded that " of six manuscripts in which this passage occurs, one only reads Bretwalda: of the remaining five, four have Bryten-walda or-wealda, and one Breten-anweald, which is precisely synonymous with Brytenwealda "; that Æthelstan was called brytenwealda ealles ðyses ealondes, which Kemble translates as " ruler of all these islands "; and that bryten-is a common prefix to words meaning ' wide or general dispersion ' and that the similarity to the word bretwealh (' Briton ') is " merely accidental ".

A more recent etymology by Xavier Delamarre would derive it from a Common Celtic * Beltinijā, cognate with the name of the Lithuanian goddess of death Giltinė, the root of both being Proto-Indo-European * gʷelH-" suffering, death ".

While folk etymology identifies it with " cape ", other suggestions suggest it to be connected to the Latin word caput (" head "), and thus explain it as meaning " chief " or " big head ".

Sophie and Michael D. Coe agree with this etymology.

Rhyming slang, in keeping with the rest of the language, is at the mercy of what one might loosely refer to as " false etymology ".

* Something associated with German, ( Deutsch ) through associated meaning and sound of the word and common etymology of " Deutsch " vs. " Dutch "

This statement was likely picked up by the author of the Estoire Merlin, or Vulgate Merlin, where the author ( who was fond of fanciful folk etymologies ) asserts that Escalibor " is a Hebrew name which means in French ' cuts iron, steel, and wood '" (" c ' est non Ebrieu qui dist en franchois trenche fer & achier et fust "; note that the word for " steel " here, achier, also means " blade " or " sword " and comes from medieval Latin aciarium, a derivative of acies " sharp ", so there is no direct connection with Latin chalybs in this etymology ).

In fact, the etymology of the family is enterobacterium with the suffix to designate a family ( aceae ) — not after the genus Enterobacter ( which would be " Enterobacteraceae ")— and the type genus is Escherichia.

The etymology of foo is explored in the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) RFC 3092, which notes usage of foo in 1930s cartoons including The Daffy Doc ( with Daffy Duck ) and comic strips, especially Smokey Stover and Pogo.

The etymology of feodum is complex with multiple theories, some suggesting a Germanic origin ( the most widely held view ) and others suggesting an Arabic origin.

In alternative etymology, linking the ginn-prefix in Ginnungagap with that found in terms with a sacral meaning, such as ginn-heilagr, ginn-regin ( both referring to the gods ) and ginn-runa ( referring to the runes ), interprets Ginnungagap as signifying a " magical ( and creative ) power-filled space ".

Albinism ( from Latin albus, " white "; see extended etymology, also called achromia, achromasia, or achromatosis ) is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin.

" It may be derived from the Welsh pen gwyn " white head ", although the etymology is debated.

Though it is fairly certain that the etymology is indeed " white dish ", medieval sources are not always consistent as to the actual color of the dish.

This etymology has been dismissed because Proto-Indo-European * k did not under any known circumstances become * g-in Proto-Celtic, but remained * k. The direct descendent of the Proto-Indo-European root * leuk-(‘ white light ’) in Proto-Celtic is * leuk-as in the name of the Celtic lightning god Leucetios.

A more likely etymology is " bar " ( summit, crest ) + " gwyn " ( white ).

While the name may refer to black and white outfits once worn by European advocates or lawyers, the actual etymology is unknown.

( A possible etymology of their name includes a Celtic element * windo -, cognate to Irish find-' white '.

Situated on either bank of the eponymous Moskva River, the city during the 16th to 17th centuries grew up in five concentric divisions, formerly separated from one another by walls: the Kremlin (" fortress "), Kitaigorod (" walled town ", but interpreted as " Chinatown " by folk etymology ), Bielygorod (" white town "), Zemlianoigorod ( earthworks town ), and Miestchanskygorod (" bourgeois town ") outside the city walls.

The etymology of byssus, according to the OED2, began with Biblical Hebrew būts or butz בוץ meaning ' a fibre or fabric distinguished for its whiteness ', cognate with Aramaic ܒܘܫ bus and Arabic باض bāḍa ' to be white '.

A folk etymology for Body in White suggests the term derives from the appearance of a car body after it is dipped into a white bath of primer ( undercoat paint )— despite the primer's actual gray color.

The etymology of the name is disputed ; an alternative name of the dance is stantipes, which suggests that one foot was stationary during the dance ; but the more widely accepted etymology relates it to estamper, to stamp the feet.

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible link to the word ' wooden ' but that overall the etymology of this word is unclear.

This etymology if correct suggests that Pytheas never visited Ireland or talked to the Irish, as they used the Q-Celtic, but Pytheas brought back the P-Celtic form.

Its meaning is glossed as ' summer's end ', and the frequent spelling with f suggests analysis by popular etymology as sam (' summer ') and fuin (' sunset ', ' end ').

The pre-modern etymology of her name, from tithemi ( τίθημι ), " to set up, establish ," suggests a perception among Classical Greeks of an early political role.

On the other hand, Zdeněk Nejedlý suggests that the etymology given by Fr.

The etymology of this French word suggests a slope made dangerous with ice, hence the relationship with glacier.

The etymology of her Greek name (- " wide " or " broad " +-" eye ( s )" or " face ") suggests that Europa as a goddess represented the lunar cow, at least on some symbolic level.

The Oxford Companion to Music suggests an etymology related to the " Blue Mountains of Virginia.

The origin of the name Stirling is uncertain, but folk etymology suggests that it originates in either a Scots or Gaelic term meaning the place of battle, struggle or strife.

Scholar John McKinnell comments that this etymology suggests Skaði may have once been a personification of the geographical region of Scandinavia or associated with the underworld.

Proto-Celtic * Lugus may be related to the root of the Proto-Celtic * lug-rā ‘ moon ’ ( the origin of Welsh lloer, though Peter Schrijver suggests an alternative etymology for lloer, from Common Celtic * lus-rā, where the root would be cognate with that of Latin luridus * lus-idus " pale yellow ").

Whatever the etymology, other linguistic evidence suggests political activity in the area before the advent of the Angles.

However, an alternative, more obscure etymology exists which suggests the name means " promontory into marsh ", which would make sense considering that Frodsham had a promontory castle very close to marshland.

It is widely assumed to be formed from Greek " sophos ", meaning " wise ", and " moros " meaning " foolish ", although the etymology suggests an origin from the now-defunct " sophumer ", an obsolete variant of " sophism ".

The parish clergy and church were supported by tithes — like a local tax ( traditionally, as the etymology of tithe suggests, of ten percent ) levied on the personal as well as agricultural output of the parish.

Zvelebil suggests an etymology of tam-iz, with tam meaning " self " or " one's self ", and "- iz " having the connotation of " unfolding sound ".

However, the etymology Stoc-port suggests inhabitation during this period.

This suggests that the unit of weight measurement, long tons ( also 2, 240 lb ) and tonnage both share the same etymology.

According to this biblical passage, the name Issachar refers to Leah hiring Jacob's sexual favours at the cost of some Mandrakes ; this suggests the etymology is ish-sachar, literally meaning man of hire, though some Jewish sources take it instead to mean reward or recompense, in reference to Issachar being the result of Jacob being hired.

" This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages.

Icenian coins dating from the 1st century AD use the spelling ECEN, which probably suggests a different etymology.

The etymology " polis martium ", city of Mars, suggests a Roman origin.